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6 Colorado officers charged with failing to intervene during fatal standoff 11/17/2023 07:10pm • DENVER (AP) — Six more Colorado law enforcement officers were charged Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man suffering a mental health crisis last year that became an example for critics of what’s wrong with how police handle such calls. The latest charges bring the to Virginia state senator who recently won reelection faces lawsuit over residency requirement 11/17/2023 06:55pm • CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — A Virginia state senator who recently won reelection is facing a call for an investigation from her opponent and a lawsuit from several of her neighbors over whether she actually lives in the new district she represents. Democratic Sen. Ghazala Hashmi defeated Republican c WhatsApp enters sports in deal with F1 team Mercedes. Channels feature to offer exclusive content 11/17/2023 06:47pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — WhatsApp has chosen the Mercedes Formula One team for its first sports sponsorship, a multi-year agreement that will give followers of the eight-time world champion exclusive team content and in-race updates through the Meta-owned private messaging service. The deal announced Fri Denmark and Albania advance to Euro 2024. Italy gets key win to set up showdown game against Ukraine 11/17/2023 06:18pm • GENEVA (AP) — Denmark and Albania advanced to the European Championship on Friday and title-holder Italy got a crucial win ahead of a showdown game against Ukraine. Italy beat North Macedonia 5-2 to both avenge its elimination in the 2022 World Cup qualifying playoffs and ensure it needs only a dr Man sentenced to probation for threats made to Indiana congressman 11/17/2023 05:53pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana man accused of intimidating and harassing GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Banks and his family earlier this year was sentenced to probation Friday, according to court records. Aaron L. Thompson, of Fort Wayne, was charged with felony intimidation with the threat to commit a forci Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes in a deal that gives him more prison time 11/17/2023 05:43pm • BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Friday to stealing millions of dollars from vulnerable legal clients in schemes lasting over a decade under an agreement that all but ensures more prison time for the longtime lawyer who was convicted of killing his wife and younger son. Murdaugh Honda recalls nearly 250K vehicles because bearing can fail and cause engines to run poorly or stall 11/17/2023 05:37pm • DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling nearly 250,000 vehicles in the U.S. because bearings can fail, causing the engines to stall and increasing the risk of a crash. The recall covers certain 2018 and 2019 Honda Pilot SUVs and Odyssey minivans and some 2017 and 2019 Ridgeline pickup trucks. Also affec Business Highlights: Advertisers flee X as Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy; Open AI ditches CEO 11/17/2023 05:09pm • ___ IBM, EU and Lionsgate pull ads from Elon Musk’s X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own tweets end Baltimore police fired 36 shots at armed man, bodycam recordings show 11/17/2023 04:40pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Four Baltimore police officers unleashed a barrage of deadly gunfire at a man who pointed a gun at them while fleeing last week, according to body-camera recordings released by the department Friday. The officers fired three dozen shots, officials said during a press conference Fr Author A.S. Byatt, who wrote best-seller 'Possession' and had a beetle named after her, dies at 87 11/17/2023 03:15pm • LONDON (AP) — British author A.S. Byatt, who wove history, myth and a sharp eye for human foibles into books that included the Booker Prize-winning novel “Possession,” has died at the age of 87. Byatt’s publisher, Chatto & Windus, said Friday that the author, whose full name was Antonia Woman hospitalized after Mercedes crashes into Amazon Fresh in Chevy Chase 11/17/2023 02:53pm • A woman was taken to the hospital after crashing into an Amazon Fresh grocery store in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on Friday afternoon. The incident started in a gated parking lot of "The Collection," a group of shops and restaurants that includes the Amazon Fresh. A woman who was in the lot told WTOP Police board votes to fire Chicago officer accused of dragging woman by the hair during 2020 unrest 11/17/2023 02:52pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Board voted to fire an officer accused of dragging a Black woman out of a car by her hair during unrest at a mall in 2020. The board voted unanimously Thursday to fire Officer David Laskus, finding he used excessive force and lied to investigators about the incide Thousands march through Athens to mark 50 years since a student uprising was crushed by dictatorship 11/17/2023 02:25pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 25,000 people marched through central Athens on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of a pro-democracy student uprising that was violently put down by the military dictatorship ruling Greece in 1973. The demonstration was peaceful, although minor rioting broke out a Maine lobsterman jumps from boat to help rescue a driver from a car submerged in a bay 11/17/2023 11:45am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lobsterman in Maine jumped from a boat into the water to help save a driver trapped in a sinking car, police said. The car drove into Casco Bay shortly after noon on Thursday, according to police in Portland, Maine. Police and fire crews were able to force entry into the F1 off to rough Las Vegas start. Ferrari damaged, fans told to leave before practice ends at 4 a.m. 11/17/2023 07:32am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Grand Prix had a bumpy opening when the first practice of the $500 million Formula One race was halted nine minutes into the session Thursday night because Carlos Sainz Jr. ran over a water valve cover that badly damaged his Ferrari. It caused the first practice to